Business and Global Dynamics - XFX0033

Assessment 1: Other

Formative assessment will include tutorial work on critical writing skills, organised debate, and poster presentation preparation. Feedback will be provided in tutorials on a group and individual basis to support the development of the summative assessment.  

Other

Assessment 1: Presentation

Group Presentation

Assessment 2: Portfolio

Portfolio

In this module, the student will explore pressing global issues confronting businesses, such as globalisation, climate change, the digital age, and sustainability, Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, the student will gain knowledge and develop a critical understanding of how these issues represent challenges as well as opportunities to business and related organisations. As the student progresses through the module, the student will develop a habit to follow the developments of global events, understand their significance and consider the causes and consequences of ongoing developments. This module is designed to raise the student’s awareness of an increasingly dynamic business environment.

Huddersfield Business School

Thompson, Ed, et al. The Business Environment: a Global Perspective, Pearson Education, Limited, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central, <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hud/detail.action?docID=7212549">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hud/detail.action?docID=7212549</a>.
Crane, A., Matten, D., Glozer, S., &amp; Spence, L. J. (2019). Business ethics: Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization (Fifth ed.). Oxford University Press.
Rasche, A., Morsing, M., &amp; Moon, J. (2017). Corporate social responsibility: Strategy, communication, governance. Cambridge University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335529">https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335529</a>
Daniels, J. D., Radebaugh, L. H., Sullivan, D. P., &amp; Click, R. W. (2021). International business: Environments &amp; operations (Seventeenth;Global; ed.). Pearson.
Begg, K., Levy, D., &amp; Woerd, F. v. d. (2017;2005;2018;). In Begg K., Levy D., Woerd F. V. D., Begg K., van der Woerd F. and Levy D.(Eds.), The business of climate change: Corporate responses to kyoto (1st ed.). Routledge. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351281683">https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351281683</a>

XFX0033 - Business and Global Dynamics

Business and Global Dynamics

Communicate complex information and deliver a formal presentation before a live audience.

Conduct data and information search via a range of sources and evaluate their appropriateness based on research purposes.

Develop structured and coherent arguments in writing.

Develop a critical awareness of the impact of global issues on business and management.

Work effectively within a group of peers.

Demonstrate knowledge and understandings of current global issues.

Appreciate how organisations and businesses could influence the broader global environment.